Nice solid relic condition internal oxygen bottle with some original blue paintwork remains from German Focke-Wulf Fw 200-C1 Condor of 1. /KG 40 which crashed at Øverås, Finnøy Nordland, shot down by RAF Gloster Gladiator on the 25th May 1940 in Norway.

This is a oxygen bottle is complete and has its screw in fitting at either end this is a internal cockpit or fuselage stored bottle. The bottle its self has couple of rust holes that can be seen and some heavy pitting in places.The bottle also has some rust damage but not to bad and has some original blue original paintwork remains clear to see also on the brass fitting at one end has a maker stamp clear to see the other is rusty with paintwork remains the bottle is rusty but solid and it has been very nicely cleaned it is perfect for display or any collection it is a lovely bit of aircraft the bottle is 16 inches long.The bottle comes from a very hard to find from this particular aircraft a German Focke-Wulf Fw 200-C1 Condor of 1. /KG 40 which crashed at Øverås, Finnøy Nordland that was shot down by RAF Gloster Gladiator on the 25th May 1940 during the German invasion of Norway .The part comes with 3xA5 laminated information cards with crash site pictures of what it looks like now.The part has come from a private collection which the items were collected many years ago directly from the crash sites he visited and found including surface finds or some aircraft that were dug out and recovered all these parts now available for the first time.

The Condor was returning from a mission to Harstad, when it was attacked and shot down by RAF Gloster Gladiator (N5705) of 263 Squadron that was based at Bardufoss. The Gladiator was flown by F/O Grant-Ede. The Condor made a forced landing on the shore and burned out. Pilot Oberleutnant Hellmuth Schöpke and feldwebel Eugen Fisher became POW's. Co-pilot Oberfeldwebel Fritz Messer and Feldwebel Walter Börjesson (flight mechanic) managed to escape. Obergefreiter Kurt Hartleben (radio operator) died of his wounds. He is buried at Narvik War Cemetery (grave 33, block 8, row B1).

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